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Power & Energy Society Awards and Recognition
Many of our recipients have donated their honoraria to the IEEE PES Endowment Fund, IEEE PES Scholarship Plus Fund or one of our many other funds solicited and stewarded by the IEEE Foundation
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PES Awards and Recognition
Alfredo Vaccaro, PES Awards & Recognition Chair Juan Carlos Montero, PES V. P. of Membership and Image Frank Lambert, PES President
Award Committee Chairs John McDonald, PES Rep. and Antonio Conejo Zhou Xiaoxin, CSEE Rep. IEEE PES Outstanding Power Engineering IEEE PES CSEE Yu-Hsiu Ku Electrical Educator Award Engineering Award A. P. (Sakis) Meliopoulos Chris Brooks IEEE PES Outstanding Young Engineer Award IEEE PES IAS A. P. Seethapathy Rural Electrification Excellence Award Peter W. Sauer IEEE PES Prabha S. Kundur Power System John McDaniel Dynamics and Control Award IEEE PES Award for Excellence in Power Distribution Engineering Robert M. Pellegrino IEEE PES Robert Noberini Distinguished Nicholas Miller Contributions to Power Engineering Professionalism Award IEEE PES Charles Concordia Power System Engineering Award Wenyuan Li IEEE PES Roy Billinton Power System Reliability Award Nils Nilsson IEEE PES Cyril Veinott Electromechanical Ward T. Jewell Energy Conversion Award IEEE Power & Energy Society Ramakumar Family Renewable Energy Excellence Award Mohammad Shahidehpour IEEE PES Douglas M. Staszesky Distribution Abhay Kumar Automation Award IEEE PES Uno Lamm High Voltage Direct Current Award Damir Novosel IEEE Power & Energy Society Leadership in Guadalupe Gonzalez Power Award IEEE PES Wanda Reder Pioneer in Power Award
Hugh Rudnick Maria Teresa Correia de Barros IEEE Power & Energy Society Lifetime Fellows Chair Achievement Award Jeffrey Nelson John McDonald IEEE PES Technical Committee and Technical Council IEEE PES Meritorious Service Award Awards
Rambabu Adapa Paul Pabst IEEE PES Nari Hingorani Custom Power Award IEEE PES Chapter Awards
Jingxuan (Joanne) Hu IEEE PES Nari Hingorani FACTS Award Jaime Cepeda PES Awards & Recognition Vice Chair
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PES Awards Program
IEEE TECHNICAL FIELD AWARDS
IEEE Herman Halperin Electric Transmission and Distribution Award pp. 8 & 9 Dusan Povh
IEEE Nikola Tesla Award pp. 10 & 11 Akira Chiba
IEEE PES JOINT AWARDS
IEEE PES CSEE Yu-Hsiu Ku Electrical Engineering Award pp. 14 & 15
Chen Chen
IEEE PES IAS A. P. Seethapathy Rural Electrification Excellence Award pp. 16 & 17
Louis Toth
IEEE POWER & ENERGY SOCIETY AWARDS
IEEE PES Award for Excellence in Power Distribution Engineering pp. 18 & 19 Thomas R. Beckwith
IEEE PES Charles Concordia Power System Engineering Award pp. 20 & 21 Kenneth E. Martin
IEEE PES Cyril Veinott Electromechanical Energy Conversion Award pp. 22 & 23 Dan M. Ionel
IEEE Power & Energy Society Leadership in Power Award pp. 24 & 25 M. Michelle Blaise
IEEE Power & Energy Society Lifetime Achievement Award pp. 26 & 27 Peter W. Sauer
IEEE PES Meritorious Service Award pp. 28 & 29 Christopher E. Root
IEEE PES Nari Hingorani FACTS Award pp. 30 & 31 R. P. Sasmal
IEEE PES Outstanding Power Engineering Educator Award pp. 32 & 33 Marija Ilić
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PES Awards Program
Class of 2020 IEEE Fellows Recognition pp. 34 - 37
IEEE PES Outstanding Young Engineer Award pp. 38 & 39 Zhaoyu Wang
IEEE PES Prabha S. Kundur Power System Dynamics and pp. 40 & 41 Control Award Michael J. Gibbard
IEEE Power & Energy Society Ramakumar Family Renewable pp. 42 & 43 Energy Excellence Award Benjamin Kroposki
IEEE PES Roy Billinton Power System Reliability Award pp. 44 & 45 Milorad Papic
IEEE PES Uno Lamm High Voltage Direct Current Award pp. 46 & 47 Hartmut Huang
IEEE PES Wanda Reder Pioneer in Power Award pp. 48 & 49
Yilu Liu
IEEE PES Prize Paper Awards pp. 50 - 53
“Harmonic Stability in Power Electronic-Based Power Systems: Concept, Modeling and Analysis “ Xiongfei Wang and Frede Blaabjerg
“Design of a New Primary Frequency Control Market for Hosting Frequency Response Reserve Offers From Both Generators and Loads” Weifeng Li, Pengwei Du and Ning Lu
IEEE PES Working Group Recognition Awards
Outstanding Standard or Guide pp. 54 - 57 IEEE C37.246, Guide for Protection Systems of Transmission-to-Generation Interconnections Chair: Alla Deronja, Vice-Chair: Keith Houser
Outstanding Technical Report PES-TR66, Microgrid Stability Definitions, Analysis and Modeling Co-Chairs: Claudio A. Cañizares and Jim Reilly, Secretary: Rodrigo Palma Behnke
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PES Awards Program
IEEE PES Outstanding Chapter Awards
Small Chapter - Thailand Chapter p. 58 - 61 Chair: Sompong Preeprem
Large Chapter - Bangalore and North Jersey Chapters Chairs: Kasi Viswanadha Raju and Ronald W. Quade
Class of 2020 IEEE Fellows Pictures pp. 62 & 63
Announcement of the first IEEE Power & Energy Society Outstanding pp. 64 & 67 Student Scholarship
Peer Recognition: Do you know someone deserving recognition? www.ieee-pes.org/pes-communities/awards
On-Line Nominations will be accepted starting in September
PES Awards Staff: Shanon Nason [email protected]
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IEEE Herman Halperin Electric Transmission and Distribution Award
The IEEE Herman Halperin Electric Transmission and Distribution Award was established in 1986 through an agreement between Her- man Halperin and the Board of Directors of the IEEE. The funds were contributed by Herman and Edna Halperin and are adminis- tered by the IEEE Foundation, Inc. From 1959 through 1986, the award for outstanding contributions to the field of electric transmission and distribution was named the Wil- liam M. Habirshaw Award. Herman Halperin was a recipient of the Habirshaw Award in 1962. Mr. Halperin had a distinguished career with the Commonwealth Edison Company over a period of 40 years. Subsequently, he spent 15 years as a consulting engineer. He was particularly noted for his pioneering contributions to the design and operation of electric plant facilities and power cable systems. In the evaluation process, the following criteria are considered: technological importance, successful appli- cation, originality, leadership, publications, and the quality of the nomination. This award recognizes outstanding contributions to electric transmission and distribution. The award con- sists of a bronze medal, a certificate, and honorarium.
Sponsors: Robert and Ruth Halperin Foundation, in memory of the late Herman and Edna Halperin, and IEEE Power & Energy Society.
Current Committee Members: Past Recipients: Based on available information Complete listing is available on website
Jovica Milanovic (Chair) 2012 Michel Duval Maria Teresa Correia de Barros 2013 Vijay Vittal Mariesa Crow 2014 Willem Boone Innocent Kamwa 2015 Wolfram Boeck Hugh Rudnick 2016 George Anders Lakshminarayana Satish 2017 George Dorwart Rockefeller Vijay Vittal 2018 Jinliang He 2019 Steven A. Boggs
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IEEE Herman Halperin Electric Transmission and Distribution Award
DUSAN POVH 2020 Recipient For contributions to the development and applications of HVDC and FACTS
DUSAN POVH has played an essential role in laying the foundations for the high-voltage direct current (HVDC) and flexible alternating- current transmission system (FACTS) technologies prevalent today that ensure secure and reliable power delivery around the world. Povh helped introduce HVDC technology using thyristors and was responsible for system and filter design for the Cahora Bassa and Nelson River HVDC systems introduced during the 1970s. His pio- neering work concerning FACTS includes damping of subsynchro- nous oscillations and realization of static Vat compensators using thyristors. FACTS technology today helps increase the reliability of AC grids and improves efficiency and transmission quality. Povh’s focus on the interaction between AC systems and HVDC systems has enabled the reliable operation of HVDC systems integrated with HVAC systems. An IEEE Life Fellow, Povh is an independent consultant in power system analysis, HVDC, and FACTS residing in Nuremberg, Germany.
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IEEE Nikola Tesla Award
The IEEE Nikola Tesla Award was established in 1975 through an agreement between the IEEE Power Engineering Society and the IEEE Board of Directors. The Award is named in honor of Nikola Tesla, an electrical engineer, a distinguished Yugoslav-American inventor, and a pioneer in many fields, who is most renowned for the development of the coil that bears his name and the a-c induction motor. This award was created to recognize outstanding contributions to the generation and utilization of electric power. In the evaluation process, the following criteria are considered: im- pact on technology, inventive value, breadth of use, leadership, and quality of the nomination. "Generation" areas may include: automation, instrumentation, control, generation planning, alternative forms (e.g., wind, solar, fuel cells, and space power), conservation, safety, and reliability. "Utilization" are- as may include: conservation, biomedical (e.g., MRI, focused ultrasound, etc.), life quality improvement for the handicapped, manufacturing systems, and robotronics. This award consists of a bronze medal, a certificate and honorarium. Sponsors: Wolong Electric Group Co., Ltd., IEEE Industry Applications Society and the IEEE Power & Energy Society
Current Committee Members: Past Recipients: Based on available information Complete listing is available on website
Annette Muetze (Chair) 2013 Norio Takahaski Kiruba Sivasubramaniam Haran (Past Chair) 2014 Hamid A. Toliyat Ambrish Chandra 2015 Ion Gheorghe Boldea Silva Hiti 2016 Bruno Lequesne Innocent Kamwa 2017 Adel Razek Yen-Shin Lai 2018 Longya Xu Jianxin Shen 2019 Tomy Sebastian
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IEEE Nikola Tesla Award
AKIRA CHIBA 2020 Recipient For contributions to bearingless and reluctance motors
AKIRA CHIBA, has been a driving force in motor design with game- changing innovations that have provided powerful and efficient alter- natives to traditional motor constructions. Chiba is a pioneer of bear- ingless motor technology, incorporating additional stator windings for producing two-dimensional radial forces that act as magnetic bearings. Bearingless motors provide high rotational speed, compactness, and no wear particles compared to traditional motors. They are integral to specialized pump applications where ultraclean conditions are re- quired, such as in semiconductor and liquid-crystal display manufac- turing. Chiba has also addressed the concern for the scarcity of rare- earth metals used for permanent-magnet motors in automotive trac- tion drives. He developed a rare-earth-free switched-reluctance motor featuring competitive torque density and efficiency, and enhanced out- put with rare-earth-based motors featured in leading hybrid vehicles. An IEEE Fellow, Chiba is a professor with the Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan.
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IEEE PES CSEE Yu-Hsiu Ku Electrical Engineering Award
The IEEE PES CSEE Yu-Hsiu Ku Electrical Engineering Award was initiated by the IEEE Power & Energy Society (IEEE PES) and Chinese Society for Electrical Engineering (CSEE) in 2009. The award specifications include the recognition of a professional who has demonstrated excellent performance in the fields of electri- cal engineering, electrical machinery and other related areas. The recipient's contributions in electrical engineering shall be evaluated based on technical innovations and well recognized contributions in electrical power engineering and associated fields. The award was established to commemorate Dr. Yu-Hsiu KU (1902 -2002), who made great contributions in mathematics, electrical machinery and modern control theory during his longstanding career in the USA and China. Dr. Yu-Hsiu Ku was born in 1902; he entered Beijing Tsinghua School (the former Tsinghua University) at the age of 14. In 1923, he was sent to study at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA. He was the first Chinese who obtained the doctor’s degree at MIT. Dr. Ku was the recipient of the IEEE Lamme Medal (1972) and the IEEE Millennium Medal (1999). He was also the founding member of CSEE. This award includes a plaque and an honorarium of $2,000 USD. This award was made possible due to donations from Beijing Sifang Automation Co., Ltd., Nari-Relays Electric Co., Ltd., and Shanghai Huaming Power Equipment CO., Ltd.
Current Committee Members: Past Recipients: Based on available information Complete list can be found online
John McDonald (Co-Chair) 2011 LOU Jiafa Zhou Xiaoxin (Co-Chair) 2012 YU Erkeng Cheng Shijie 2013 WANG Cheng Mohammad Shahidehpour 2014 MA Weiming Jin Hongguang 2015 ZHANG Boming Arun Phadke 2016 SUN Guanghui 2017 CHEN Deshu 2018 WEI Shirang 2019 GE Yaozhong
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IEEE PES CSEE Yu-Hsiu Ku Electrical Engineering Award
CHEN CHEN 2020 Recipient For leadership in the standardization of excitation systems for China Power industry and contribution in power system oscillations analysis
CHEN CHEN was born in China, 1938. She received BSEE (equi.) and MSEE (equi.) from Tsinghua University in 1962 and 1966, respec- tively. She worked as a control engineer at The Eastern Electrical Ma- chinery Manufactory for more than 12 years. Recommended to further study in US （1980-1984）she was issued MSEE and PhD by School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University. Since 1985 she was a professor at Shanghai Jiaotong University in Electrical Engi- neering. After the excitation systems for 200-300 MW turbo generators were developed, tested, and put into operation, the technical standard of larger turbo generators was determined. She chaired The Excitation System Sub-committee of CSEE in 1990’s, and acted as the main con- sulting expert for excitation system of The Three Gorges Hydro Power Station. After studied Sub-Synchronous Resonance (SSR) with turbo generator Xd and Xq -axes model by using multiple parameters frequency domain method, paper “Stabilizing SSR Using Torsional Interactions” was published in IEEE Trans. on PS, 1986. Since then, whenever a new type of turbo generator in operation her group computed its shaft frequency characteristic to support power system SSR and Sub-Synchronous Oscillation (SSO) analyses. Flexible AC Transmission System (FACTS) devices were established in physi- cal model Lab. to do the preliminary study for engineering projects, e.g. TCSC for Yimin series compen- sation to mitigation SSR and STATCOM for reactive power supply. After studied Low Frequency Oscillation (LFO) of AC/DC interconnected power system her group de- veloped the software package SSAP (Small Signal Analysis Package) based on eigen-analyses of linearized system. SSAP software package was approved by the Eastern and the Southern China Power Grids in China. Multi-infeed hvdc (MI-hvdc) system and load center voltage stability was studied for power system devel- opment.
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IEEE PES IAS A. P. Seethapathy Rural Electrification Excellence Award
This award was created to recognize exceptional power engineers who have worked, implemented or innovated better and cheaper electrification technologies for the rural sector. Selection will be based on evaluation of accomplishments as revealed by published works, documented testimonials from industry col- leagues, or other objective demonstrations of accomplishments over an extended period of time. Of particular importance is evidence of the candidate's innovative content and societal impact; lower cost solution; originality and practicality; and evidence of implementation. This award consists of a sculpture, $500 USD honorarium and a trav- el reimbursement of up to $1,500 USD for the recipient to attend the presentation ceremony. This joint society award was made possible due to donations by the IEEE Power & Energy Society, the IEEE Industry Applications Society and the family of A. P. Seethapa- thy.
Current Committee Members: Past Recipients: Based on available information
Chris Brooks (Chair) 2009 William H. Kersting Nikos Hatziargyriou 2011 Bob Dew Tom Castle 2012 Wayne Carr 2013 P.K. Sen 2014 Gregory A. Wolven 2015 Russ Dantzler 2016 Gerald E. Hagar
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IEEE PES IAS A. P. Seethapathy Rural Electrification Excellence Award
LOUIS TOTH 2020 Recipient For contributions to electric cooperatives through analysis to improve power quality and reliability of electricity in rural communities
LOUIS TOTH has over 47 years of engineering experience, having served in positions as a professional engineer, manager of engi- neering for an electric cooperative utility, and president of two Midwest consulting engineering firms. He has served in various community organizations and holds memberships in the Missouri Society of Professional Engineers, National Society of Profession- al Engineers, and Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers for which he serves on the Power Quality and Efficient Electric Use Subcommittee. Historically, Lou has had complete project responsibility on a cli- ent basis in all areas of planning, design, and construction con- tract administration for electric utility systems. He has worked with electric cooperative, municipal, and investor-owned systems, as well as industrial clients. Lou has overseen specific design projects and construction projects in areas of generation, transmission, substa- tion, and distribution, plus rates, planning, relaying, and others. He has testified as an expert witness be- fore several jurisdictions and has given many technical presentations. Lou’s heart and mind have been with rural electric cooperatives since the beginning of his career and has signed off on the work order inspections of over 10,000 miles of line and either designed or planned for over $1 billion of electric infrastructure for rural electric cooperatives. He has mentored countless engi- neers, and currently, his company employs 112 individuals. Lou is a visionary who is passionate about his work, his employees, and his clients.
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IEEE PES Award for Excellence in Power Distribution Engineering
Distribution represents a major utility investment for the transportation of electrical power. It is critical to the quality, reliability and economy of the product. This award was established to recognize those indi- viduals who have contributed to the growth and value of the technology. Since many people have contributed to the advancement of distribution technology, this award is not named honoring one individual. It is awarded annually by the IEEE Power & Energy Society to recog- nize the individual who has made a remarkable engineering contribution to the field of distribution tech- nology. The selection committee considers all candidates brought to its attention whose work will result in substantial improvements to the effectiveness and utilization of power distribution. The award consists of a plaque, an honorarium of $1,000 USD and a travel subsidy to attend the PES Awards Ceremony. The award is funded by the PES Award Endowment Fund.
Current Committee Members: Past Recipients: Based on available information Complete listing is available on website
J. S. McDaniel (Chair) 2011 Lee Taylor R. C. Dugan 2012 Rick Bush L. Taylor 2013 John McDaniel P. Barker 2014 Thomas J. Tobin D. Ward 2015 Elisabeth A. Tobin T. Short 2016 John J. Grainger 2017 James D. Bouford 2018 Daniel Sabin 2019 Charles DeNardo
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IEEE PES Award for Excellence in Power Distribution Engineering
THOMAS R. BECKWITH
2020 Recipient For developing innovative solutions for voltage control and protection of power distribution systems
THOMAS R. BECKWITH, as CEO of Beckwith Electric Co., Inc., Tom leads the implementation of strategies for product development, marketing, sales and organizational design. Mr. Beckwith contributes to strategic planning and rapid growth through the creation of the Beckwith Electric Design Review Board (DRB). This novel concurrent design process was es- tablished, nominating members from engineering, sales, mar- keting, tech solutions, plus the CEO and President. Meeting tri-annually, discussing and refining ideas from customers allows the efficient creation of the protection and control ca- pabilities required by the rapidly changing smart grid. The DRB focused on a “central command with smart boots on the ground” strategy. a quantum leap in relay and control intelligence, resident in the devices themselves, to autonomously respond to a number of conditions that they would experience in the grid of the future, without intervention from “central command”, and even without communication. Communications would be used to receive new “marching orders” from “central command” to respond to grid changes beyond their area of measurement, to detect and report to O & M failures within the devices they were controlling, and to locate and analyze power quality problems with harmonics, all without rolling the trucks. Tom Beckwith has fifty years’ experience in the electric power industry since 1970, as an R&D Design, Field Commissioning and Systems Engineer. He later held positions as Vice President of Sales and Mar- keting and President of Beckwith Systems International. Tom has a BSEE degree from Case Western Reserve University and an MBA degree from the University of South Florida. He is a member of the IEEE Power & Energy Society and the IEEE Industry Applica- tions Society. He has served on working groups in the Power Systems Relaying Committee since 1972. He is a co-inventor of a 1993 U.S. patent on a Multifunction Protective Relay System.
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IEEE PES Charles Concordia Power System Engineering Award
This award recognizes outstanding Power System Engineering con- tributions. Electrification is the most important engineering ac- complishment in the 20th century according to the National Acad- emy of Engineering. A significant part of this accomplishment has been the development of high-voltage power systems throughout the world. These developments come from the work of dedicated engineers who have devoted their careers to the utilization and en- hancement of high-voltage bulk power systems. The award is named for a man who contributed greatly to power system engineering during a long career. His contributions to the technical advancements of Power System Dynamics during the 20th century are unequaled. The award consists of an engraved plaque and an honorarium of $5,000 USD. This award was made pos- sible from a donation made by GE Energy Connections.
Current Committee Members: Past Recipients: Based on available information Complete listing is available on website Nicholas Miller (Chair) 2008 Einar V. Larsen E. Larsen 2009 Ralph Masiello D. Nordell 2011 Hermann W. Dommel R. Masiello 2012 Leonard (Len) Garver J. Paserba 2014 Joe Hong Chow 2017 Olgun Alsaç and Brian Stott 2018 Carson W. Taylor 2019 Innocent Kamwa
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IEEE PES Charles Concordia Power System Engineering Award
KENNETH E. MARTIN 2020 Recipient For contributions to increasing world-wide power systems performance by developing and testing wide-area synchrophasor technologies
KENNETH E. MARTIN is a Principal Engineer with the Electric Power Group (EPG). He has 45 years of experience in the electric utility industry, starting at the Bonneville Power Administration, working primarily in communications, precise timing, testing, and instrumentation. Ken made significant contributions to power system engineering in the area of synchrophasor measurements. He started working with this technology when it was first deployed in 1988 and has been a leader in development since then. Ken performed the first field test of phasor measurement units (PMUs) at BPA and went on to per- form the first laboratory tests. He continued developing test meth- ods that are the basis of the current testing methods and require- ments. As the technology developed, Ken recognized the needs for usability and developed tools including de- signing and building the first phasor data concentrator (PDC), setting up a user group, and developing a data transfer protocol (PDCstream) and data storage file format (.dst). He set up a wide area measurement system among several utilities in the Western grid (WECC) that demonstrated real-time data transfer. This system architecture has become the basic measurement model for current systems. He presented measure- ment results at numerous conferences that showed the benefits of the technology. Ken has chaired working groups from the original synchrophasor standard, IEEE 1344, through the IEEE C37.118.x standards that are the principal standards in use worldwide. He continued leading devel- opment, harmonizing communications with IEC standard IEC 61850 and convening the joint synchro- phasor measurement standard, IEC/IEEE 60255-118-1. Mr. Martin was a leader in the adoption of GPS timing in the power industry, particularly guiding vendors into providing timing devices with the required the reliability and precision. Ken is a Fellow of the IEEE, a member of the PES Communication and Relay Committees, and has authored/co-authored more than 60 technical papers and articles. critical data for network reliability studies, grid code certification, and elec- tric drives design.
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IEEE PES Cyril Veinott Electromechanical Energy Conversion Award
This award recognizes outstanding contributions in the field of elec- tromechanical energy conversion. Research and developments on electric motors continued throughout the 20th century and into the 21st to the point that such devices have now become an integral part of our lives. The current ubiquitous presence of the electric motor in everything we do has resulted from the work of dedicated engineers throughout the world. The award is named for the man responsible for numerous practical improvements in the design and application of electric motors over 50 years. Dr. Cyril Veinott made seminal contributions to the develop- ment of poly-phase induction motors, 400 Hz aircraft motors, and was a pioneer in the application of digital computers to the design of electric motors. He was responsible for the early measurements and mitigation of electric motor noise. He helped write many IEEE and NEMA standards for electric motors. He was the first person to be inducted into the Hall of Fame creat- ed by the Small Motor Manufacturers Association in 1985. The IEEE PES Cyril Veinott Electromechanical Energy Conversion Award consists of a plaque and an honorarium of $5,000 USD. This award was made possible from a donation made by Dr. Cyril Veinott.
Current Committee Members: Past Recipients: Based on available information Complete listing is available on website Nils Nilsson (Chair) 2011 Stephen D. Umans James Edmonds 2012 J. Sheung-Chun Hsu Jim Michalec 2013 Clyde V. Maughan Oleg Wasynczuk 2014 James S. Edmonds Kay Chen 2015 Babak Fahimi 2016 William R. McCown 2017 Gérard-André Capolino 2018 Steve Pekarek 2019 Kiruba Sivasubramaniam Haran
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IEEE PES Cyril Veinott Electromechanical Energy Conversion Award
DAN M. IONEL 2020 Recipient For contributions to the design, development and manufacturing of high efficiency electric motors and generators
DAN M. IONEL, Ph.D., FIEEE, is Professor of Electrical Engi- neering and the L. Stanley Pigman Chair in Power at University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, where is also the Director of the SPARK Laboratory and of the Power and Energy Institute of Ken- tucky (PEIK). He previously worked in industry, most recently as Chief Engineer for Regal Beloit Corp., and, before that, as the Chief Scientist for Vestas Wind Turbines. Concurrently with indus- trial appointments, he also served as Visiting and Research Profes- sor at University of Wisconsin and Marquette University in Mil- waukee, WI. Earlier in his career, he was in industry with ICPE- ME in Romania, Invensys Brook Crompton in UK, and AO Smith Corp. in US. Professor Ionel received the MEng and PhD degrees in electrical engineering from the University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania. His doctoral program included a Le- verhulme Visiting Fellowship at the University of Bath, UK. He was a Postdoctoral Researcher with the SPEED Laboratory, University of Glasgow, UK. He contributed to technology developments with long lasting industrial impact, including one of US’ most successful range of PM motor drives and one of the world’s most powerful wind turbines, was co-author of SPEED software modules, holds more than thirty patents, including a medal winner at the Geneva Inven- tion Fair, published more than two hundred papers, including five that received IEEE awards, and co- authored three books. His research has been supported directly by industry, and by NSF, NIST, DOE, and NASA. An IEEE Fellow, Professor Ionel was the Chair of the IEEE PES Electric Motor Subcommittee, of the IEEE PES WG 1812, and of the IEEE IAS Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conversion Systems Com- mittee, Editor of IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, Technical Program Chair for IEEE ECCE 2015, and General Chair for the IEEE 2017 IEMDC Anniversary Edition. He is the Editor-in- Chief of the Electric Power Components and Systems Journal and the Chair of the Steering Committee for the IEEE International Conference on Electrical Machines and Drives (IEMDC).
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IEEE Power & Energy Society Leadership in Power Award
The IEEE PES Leadership in Power Award was established in 2007 to recognize industry leaders for ex- ceptional contributions to the promotion of the electric power engineering profession. The award is par- ticularly intended to highlight actions which have encouraged the development and growth of electric power engineering practitioners and the recognition of the contributions electric power engineers have made to society. In this era, electric utility leaders who recognize the crucial importance of power engi- neering in the safe, reliable and economical generation, transmission and distribution of electricity are rare and this award is to recognize them for their insight and wisdom. Recipients must be active in the electric power industry, but do not need to be IEEE members. Selection is based on evaluations of accomplishments as revealed by documented testimonials from industry mem- bers. Of particular importance is evidence of the candidate’s promotion of the importance of the power engineering profession and the people practicing it. Work in encouraging industry involvement with uni- versity power engineering programs, encouraging young engineers through mentoring and career devel- opment programs. Recognition programs for power engineers, encouragement of professional activities by practitioners, etc. are also considered. The award consists of a sculpture, $2,000 USD honorarium and a travel stipend of up to $2,000 USD. The award is funded by the PES Award Endowment Fund.
Current Committee Members: Past Recipients: Based on available information Complete listing is available on website Damir Novosel (Chair) 2009 James A. Kelly David Roop 2010 James Alan Greer Joseph E. Svachula 2011 Terry Boston Veronika Rabl 2013 Michael Heyeck Lalit Goel 2014 David W. Roop 2015 John W. Estey 2016 Gordon van Welie 2017 Joseph E. Svachula 2019 Maureen A. Borkowski
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IEEE Power & Energy Society Leadership in Power Award
M. MICHELLE BLAISE 2020 Recipient For exceptional mentorship and leadership in promoting active engineering participation and growth that enabled higher levels of electrical system resilience, reliability, and sustainability
M. MICHELLE BLAISE, senior VP of Technical Services, is re- sponsible for Engineering, Project Management and Smart Grid & Technology for ComEd. Ms. Blaise has held a variety of posi- tions with increasing responsibilities in engineering, customer op- erations, strategic planning, distribution operations including man- ager of Construction and Maintenance, Manager of Strategic Plan- ning, and Manager of Business Planning and Director of Engi- neering. She has led her team in actualizing the smart grid transformation and providing more than 4 million homes, businesses and public institutions with industry leading power reliability. She has execu- tive responsibility for constructing the first utility-operated mi- crogrid cluster in the Bronzeville community on the South Side of Chicago. She sponsored the creation of a team that develops and implements STEM programs throughout northern Illinois, with particular focus in underserved communities. She led her team in developing a pro- gram in which community stakeholders collaborate to envision their future, identify common challenges and work together to co-create solutions to provide smart city solutions. Ms. Blaise and her team have led the development of this living laboratory of the Community of the Future. She is a member of the board of directors for the Women’s Business Development Center, the leadership advisory group of the IEEE PES Women in Power and the Industry Advisory Boards of the IEEE and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. She also serves on the board of the Energy Foundry and as executive sponsor for the Network of Exelon Women, Chicago Chapter. She has received the Legend award from the National Society of Black Engineers, and the Deborah M. Sawyer Award from the Illinois Black Chamber of Commerce for her work sponsoring and growing diverse business enterprises’ partici- pation in ComEd contracts. She received her BSME from the Illinois Institute of Technology and her MBA from DePaul University.
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IEEE Power & Energy Society Lifetime Achievement Award
The IEEE Power & Energy Society Lifetime Achievement Award was established in 2007 to recognize exceptional power engineers for outstanding career-long contributions to the art and science of electric power engineering. To be eligible, the recipient must have been an IEEE PES member in good standing for at least 10 years, and must have accomplishments as revealed by published works, documented testimonials from industry colleagues, or other objective demonstrations of accomplishments over an extended period of work. Of particular importance is evidence of the candidate's contributions to the knowledge base of the power en- gineering profession, whether in research, teaching, product development, electric system design, or elec- tric utility operations. This award consists of an honorarium of $2,000 USD, a sculpture, and a travel stipend of up to $2,000 USD for the recipient to attend the presentation ceremony. The award is funded by the PES Award En- dowment Fund.
Current Committee Members: Past Recipients: Based on available information Complete listing is available on website Hugh Rudnick (Chair) 2008 Stanley Harold Horowitz S. S. (Mani) Venkata 2012 Melvin I. Olken Claudio Cañizares 2014 Virginia C. Sulzberger Ram Adapa 2017 Hugh Rudnick Mark Lauby 2019 Roy Billinton
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IEEE Power & Energy Society Lifetime Achievement Award
PETER W. SAUER 2020 Recipient For exceptional career-long contributions to power systems modeling and dynamic analysis, and for leadership in power engineering education
PETER W. SAUER obtained his BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Missouri at Rolla in 1969. From 1969 to 1973, he was the electrical engineer on a design assistance team for the Tac- tical Air Command at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia, working on design and construction of airfield lighting and electrical distri- bution systems. He obtained the MS and Ph.D. degrees in Electri- cal Engineering from Purdue University in 1974 and 1977 respec- tively. He has been on the faculty at The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign since 1977 where he teaches courses and di- rects research on power systems and electricmachines. From August 1991 to August 1992 he served as the Program Di- rector for Power Systems in the Electrical and Communication Systems Division of the National Science Foundation in Washing- ton D.C. He is a cofounder of PowerWorld Corporation and served as Chairman of the Board of Direc- tors from 1996-2001. He is a cofounder of the Power Systems Engineering Research Center (PSERC) and has served as the Illinois site director from 1996-2015. He retired from the Air Force reserves as a Lt. Col. in 1998. He has authored/coauthored over 200 technical papers and the book with M. A. Pai, “Power System Dy- namics and Stability”, published by Prentice-Hall in 1998. He is a registered Professional Engineer in Vir- ginia and Illinois, a Life Fellow of the IEEE, and a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering. He is currently the Grainger Chair Professor of Electrical Engineering at Illinois.
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IEEE PES Meritorious Service Award
The IEEE PES Meritorious Service Award is given to a PES Member who has made outstanding contri- butions in leadership, technical activities, and educational activities of the IEEE Power & Energy Society. The selection of the awardee is based on outstanding and meritorious service to the IEEE Power & Ener- gy Society. To ensure that this award is presented to appropriately qualified recipient and to maintain the prestigious nature of the award, it may not be presented every year. There is no fixed frequency. The IEEE PES Meritorious Service Award consists of a plaque and travel subsidy of up to $1,000 USD for the recipient to attend the presentation ceremony. The award is funded by the PES Award Endow- ment Fund.
Current Committee Members: Past Recipients: Based on available information Complete listing is available on website John D. McDonald (Chair) 2009 Melvin I. Olken Roger Sullivan 2010 Frank E. Schink B. Don Russell 2012 Saifur Rahman Wanda Reder 2013 Wanda K. Reder John Paserba 2014 Hans E. Weinrich Miroslav Begovic 2015 John D. McDonald Hans Weinrich 2017 Murty P. Bhavaraju 2018 John J. Paserba 2019 Miroslav M. Begovic
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IEEE PES Meritorious Service Award
CHRISTOPHER E. ROOT 2020 Recipient For outstanding contributions to the long range planning and leadership of the IEEE Power & Energy Society and its Chapters
CHRISTOPHER E. ROOT has over 35 years of utility operations and engineering leadership experience. He is currently the Chief Operating Officer for Vermont Electric Power Company in Rut- land, VT. He is responsible for the engineering, construction and operation of the transmission system in the state of Vermont, USA. Previously, he was the Senior Vice President of Network Strategy at National Grid USA responsible for engineering and asset man- agement of the electric and gas networks in the US. He was a Senior VP for 17 years in various roles in Transmission and Dis- tribution Operations, Engineering and Construction for opera- tions in MA, RI, NH and NY. He oversaw several operational mergers and was Emergency Director for over 70 significant events through the years. Mr. Root has a BS in Electrical Engineering from Northeastern University and a MEng in Electric Power Engineering from Rensselear Polytechnic Institute. He attended the Program for Management Develop- ment at the Harvard Business School. Mr. Root is a registered Professional Engineer in the states of MA and RI. Mr. Root has been the elected Treasurer, Secretary and Member at Large of the IEEE Power and Energy Society Governing Board. He has been member of the North American Transmission Forum Board of Directors and is on the Executive Committee of the US National CIGRE Committee. He is on the Editori- al Board of the Power and Energy Magazine. He was awarded the 2009 Outstanding Engineering Award by the Boston Chapter of the Power and Energy Society. He has given many technical presentations throughout the world on various utility topics.
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IEEE PES Nari Hingorani FACTS Award
The award has been named by PES to honor Dr. Narain Hingorani. Power electronics and other static Controllers are making a major impact on future power systems through application in transmission, distribution, and small generation. Applications in transmission and distribution include HVDC, FACTS and Custom Power. Since the introduction of the Flexible AC transmission System (FACTS) and Custom Power concepts, the technology has been moving ahead at an increasing pace. Very significant near to long term benefits of FACTS and Custom Power technologies are now recognized in the industry. The FACTS and Custom Power Awards will be for individ- uals who have made a major contribution to the state of the art of FACTS and Custom Power technologies and their applications. The IEEE definition of FACTS is: "Alternating Current Transmission Systems incorporating power electronics-based and other static con- trollers to enhance controllability and power transfer capability." This award consists of a plaque, engraved medal and an honorarium of $2,000 USD. This award was made possible due to donations from ABB, S&C Electric, Siemens AG, Silicone Power Corporation, The National Grid Company and Narain G. Hingorani.
Current Committee Members: Past Recipients: Based on available information Complete listing is available on website Jingxuan (Joanne) Hu (Chair) 2007 Aniruddha M. Gole Mojtaba Mohaddes 2008 Xiaoxin Zhou Georg Pilz 2010 Chris Horwill Edson Watanabe 2011 John J. Paserba, Jr. G. F. Tang 2012 Stig L. Nilsson Ben Mehraban 2013 Edson H. Watanabe Manfredo Correa Lima 2014 Ned Mohan Bruce Fardanesh 2015 Richard Piwko 2018 Bruce Fardanesh
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IEEE PES Nari Hingorani FACTS Award
R. P. SASMAL 2020 Recipient For contribution in improving the stability, security and resilience of the Indian power grid by FACTS technology application
RAJENDRA PRASAD SASMAL received the B.Sc. Engineering degree in Electronics and Telecommunication from University College of Engineering, Sambalpur University in 1979. Joined National Thermal Power Corporation in 1980 and Power Grid Corporations of India in 1993. He has more than 37 years expe- rience in the design, construction, project management, opera- tions and maintenance of EHV transmission systems. Worked at project site for more than 14 years in the India’s first ± 500 kV, 1500 MW Rihand -Dadri HVDC Transmission project and first 2x 250 MW HVDC project at Vindhyachal, utilized for asyn- chronous connection between Western and Northern grid of India. With more and more generations added to the grid, the transmission systems also observed a great technology change in enhancing transmission voltage level from 400 kV to 765 kV, introducing FACT devises such as FSC & TCSC on about 37 strategic lines for enhancing power carrying capacity. Joined at head of HVDC Engineer in 2004 and played a major role in introducing ±800 kV DC transmis- sion in the World for the first time with Northeast - Agra 6000 MW multi-terminal project. An active member in CIGRE, in many WGs and become Secretary for Working Group B4-45 “Technological As- sessment of 800 kV HVDC Applications” After joining as Director (Operations) in 2012 total Transmission sector has undergone tremendous growth for 5 years with Capex and capitalization of about 20 billion USD, thus establishing one Nation, one Grid and one frequency. With more renewable energy penetration into the Indian grid, 4 nos of SVCs, 13 nos of STATCOM projects became operation along with 3 nos. ±800 KV, 6000 MW HVDC projects resulting very stable reliable grid with transmission of power across PAN India with lowest cost. Published many CIGRE and IEEE papers at International forum and bestowed upon with “Distinguished Member of CIGRE, 2012.
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IEEE PES Outstanding Power Engineering Educator Award
This award recognizes excellence in classroom teaching, course development and the promotion of stu- dent, local, transnational and technical activities. The recipient must provide classroom instruction in electrical engineering at a college or university with an accredited electrical engineering program or equivalent, be a member of PES for at least one year, and be nominated by any PES member and endorsed by the chapter or technical committee of which the individ- ual is a member. The award consists of a plaque and honorarium of $1,000 USD. This award is funded by the PES Award Endowment Fund.
Current Committee Members: Past Recipients: Based on available information Complete listing is available on website Antonio Conejo (Chair) 2011 Thomas J. Overbye Ming Ni 2012 Mohammad Shahidehpour Thomas Overbye 2013 Saifur Rahman Mohammad Shahidehpour 2014 Ali Abur Ross Baldick 2015 Ross Baldick Mariesa Crow 2016 Mariesa L. Crow Claudio Cañizares 2017 Claudio Adrian Cañizares Antonio Gomez Exposito 2018 Antonio J. Conejo Ram Adapa 2019 Antonio Gómez-Expósito
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IEEE PES Outstanding Power Engineering Educator Award
MARIJA ILIĆ 2020 Recipient For contributions to mentorship and education on modeling and control in power engineering
MARIJA ILIĆ is a Professor Emerita at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU). She currently holds two positions at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT): Senior Staff in the Energy Systems Group 73 at the MIT Lincoln Laboratory, and Senior Research Scientist at the MIT Laboratory for Information and Decision Sys- tems (LIDS). She is an IEEE Life Fellow. She was the first re- cipient of the NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award for Power Systems signed by late President Ronald Reagan. She has co-authored several books on the subject of large-scale electric power systems, and has co-organized an annual multidisciplinary Electricity Industry conference series at Carnegie Mellon (http:// www.ece.cmu.edu/~electriconf) with participants from academia, government, and industry. She was the founder and co-director of the Electric Energy Systems Group (EESG) at Carnegie Mellon University (http://www.eesg.ece.cmu.edu). Currently she is building EESG@MIT, in the same spirit as EESG@CMU. Marija Ilić has been a dedicated teacher of electric power systems for over 40 years. In the period 1990- 2000 she developed graduate level curriculum on electric power systems for MIT EECS Department. As part of this, she introduced three new courses. The next 15 years she spent at CMU, where she developed new ECE courses concerning future electric energy systems. She also worked with late Lester Lave on co- teaching courses in engineering and economics for the changing electric power industry to public policy and economics students. Most recently she introduced a new course entitled ``Principles of Modeling, Control and Simulations for Electric Energy Systems” which she is currently converting into an MITx open course to share with all. She mentored over 60 doctoral students at several top universities and gave over 300 invited lectures and seminars. She has been known as an unofficial mentor to many young re- searchers and faculty worldwide.
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IEEE Fellows Class of 2020
José M. Arroyo for contributions to generation scheduling for electricity markets
Luiz Augusto Nobrega Barroso for leadership in analytical methods for power system economics and regulation
Mohamed Benbouzid for contributions to diagnosis and fault-tolerant control of electric machines and drives
Sukumar Brahma for contributions to power system protection with distributed and renewable generation
Mark Carpenter for leadership in standards development for power system protection
Venkata Dinavahi for contributions to real-time simulation of power systems with embedded power electronic converters
Sonja Glavaski for leadership in energy systems
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IEEE Fellows Class of 2020
John W. Harley for development of monitoring and pump bearing systems for power transformers
Jinghan He for contributions to the protection of substations and traction power
Jan Izykowski for contributions to fault localization in power lines
Gerard Ledwich for development of control of power systems and power electronics
Yunwei (Ryan) Li for contributions to power electronics converters in microgrids and industrial drives
Jim McDowall for leadership in stationary battery standards and energy storage industry
Hamed Mohsenian-Rad For contributions to optimal resource management in wireless networks and the smart grid
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IEEE Fellows Class of 2020
Pierre Pinson for contributions to wind forecasting techniques in renewable energy integration
Wei Qiao for contributions to condition monitoring and control of power electronics interfaced rotating machine systems
Hong Rao for leadership and contributions to the design and application of HVDC in AC/DC grids
G. Kenneth Ridley for contribution to stator core insulation condition analysis in large hydroelectric generators
Kevin P. Schneider for contributions to the development of open-access tools for distribution system analysis
Dipti Srinivasan for contributions to computational intelligence for Smart Grid
Narasimham Vempati for contributions to power system state estimation and transmission congestion markets
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IEEE Fellows Class of 2020
Yan Zhang for contributions to resource management in wireless networks
Yi Zhang for leadership in the development of real time digital simulation in power systems
Yingjun Zhang for contributions to resource allocation and optimization in wireless communications
Xiao-Ping Zhang for contributions to modeling and control of high-voltage DC and AC transmission systems
Committee Members:
Maria Teresa Correia de Barros (Chair, Region 8) Shinta Fukui, Region 10 Kwok Cheung (Vice Chair, Region 6) Jinliang He, Region 10 Thierry Van Cutsem (Vice Chair, Region 8) Iqbal Husain, Region 3 Roger Dugan (Vice Chair, Region 3) Joydeep Mitra, Region 4 Kip Morison, Region 7 Members: Vincenzo Piuri, Region 8 Sandoval Carneiro, Region 9 Wanda Reder, Region 4 Chandan Chakraborty, Region 10 Kevin Schneider, Region 6 Chi-Yung Chung, Region 7
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IEEE PES Outstanding Young Engineer Award
This award recognizes outstanding contributions in the leadership of technical society activities including local and/or transnational PES and other technical societies, leadership in community and humanitarian activities, and evidence of technical competence through significant engineering achievements. The recipient of the IEEE PES Outstanding Young Engineer Award must be thirty-five years of age or under on January 1 of the year the award is presented, be a member of PES for at least one year, and have a minimum of a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from an accredited electrical engineering program or equiv- alent. He or she can be nominated by any PES member and must be endorsed by the chapter or technical committee of which the individual is a member. This award consists of a plaque and the recipient will designate a college or university with an accredited program in electrical engineering or equivalent to receive a $2,000 USD scholarship for an electrical engi- neering undergraduate. (Through 2007, the recipient received the Walter Fee Outstanding Young Engineer Award)
Current Committee Members: Past Recipients: Based on available information Complete listing is available on website A. P. Sakis Meliopoulos (Chair) 2011 Ted K. A. Brekken Mike Ingram 2012 Alejandro D. Dominguez Garcia Joydeep Mitra 2013 Gabriela Hug-Glanzmann Steve Widergren 2014 Shay Bahramirad Chris DeMarco 2015 Siddharth Suryanarayanan 2016 Kory W. Hedman 2017 Le Xie 2018 Ali Mehrizi-Sani 2019 Sairaj Dhople
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IEEE PES Outstanding Young Engineer Award
ZHAOYU WANG 2020 Recipient For developments in conservation voltage reduction, microgrid and distribution sys- tem control and management, and resilience and restoration enhancement
ZHAOYU WANG is the Harpole-Pentair Assistant Professor at Iowa State University. He received the B.S. degree in electrical engineer- ing from Shanghai Jiaotong University in 2009, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical and computer engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology in 2012 and 2015, respectively. He was a Research Aid at Argonne National Laboratory in 2013. His research interests include optimization and data analytics in power distribu- tion systems, with their applications to implementation and assess- ment of conservation voltage reduction, energy management of net- worked microgrids, outage restoration, and smart meter data analyt- ics. He is the Principal Investigator for a multitude of projects, to- taling more than $7M, focused on these topics and funded by the National Science Foundation, the Department of Energy, Argonne National Lab, National Renewable Energy Lab, PSERC, Iowa Energy Center, and American Public Pow- er Association. Dr. Wang is the Secretary of PES Power System Operation, Planning, and Economics (PSOPE) Award Subcommittee, Co-Vice Chair of PES Distribution System Operation and Planning Sub- committee, and Vice Chair of PES Task Force on Advances in Natural Disaster Mitigation Methods. He is an associate editor of IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, IEEE Open Access Journal of Power and Energy, and IEEE PES Letters.
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IEEE PES Prabha S. Kundur Power System Dynamics and Control Award
As the development of the complex system known as the inter- connected bulk power system unfolded around the world, it be- came critical to understand its nonlinear behavior as well as de- velop and deploy system controls vital to manage dynamic sys- tem behavior to ensure reliability. Even today, as the bulk power system evolves to accommodate an unprecedented change in re- source mix and technology innovation, it is critical to manage integration of new and emergent technologies. Without this abil- ity to model the general dynamic behavior of the bulk power sys- tem and devise suitable coordinated systems controls, the mod- ernization of the bulk power system would be inhibited. These developments come from the work of dedicated engineers who devote their careers to the deep understanding of bulk power system dynamic behavior, including transient, small-signal, voltage, and frequency stability, along with the development of controls vital to support bulk power system security and quality of power supply. Recipients must have been an IEEE PES member for at least 10 years with tangible and visible achieve- ments in this area.
- Bulk power system dynamics and control, including transient, small-signal, voltage, and frequency stability - Modern system analysis tools - Dynamic system modeling including non-linearities, and interconnection-wide dynamic behavior and control, - Originality and impact of technical publications, - Professional and industry activities, - Development of standards and operating guides, - Achievements in other fields This award consists of a plaque and an honorarium of $3,000 USD and was made possible due to the do- nations of friends and colleagues of Prabha S. Kundur.
Current Committee Members: Past Recipients: Based on available information Complete listing is available on website Pete Sauer (Chair) 2014 Peter W. Sauer Nelson Martins 2015 Nelson Martins Göran Andersson 2016 Göran Anderson Costas Vournas 2017 Nikolaos Hatziargyriou Nikos Hatziargyriou 2018 Vijay Vittal 2019 Constantine Vournas
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IEEE PES Prabha S. Kundur Power System Dynamics and Control Award
MICHAEL J. GIBBARD 2020 Recipient For extraordinary contributions to the theory and software tools for small-signal stability analysis and power system control
MICHAEL J. GIBBARD received the B.Sc.(Eng.) degree from the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, in 1957, and a Ph.D. degree from Queen's University, Canada in 1968. He worked for Associated Electrical Industries, UK 1958‐60; Snowy Mountains Hydro‐Electric Authority, Australia, 1961‐65 and in 1969-1970 for Imperial Chemical Industries. In 1970‐2002 he was with The Uni- versity of Adelaide, Australia, where he is now an Honorary Visiting Research Fellow. His early work was based on the design of fixed-parameters PSSs for multi-generator power systems. This attracted the interest of the power authorities who then provided funds to develop software for tuning PSSs to ensure small-signal stability for the interconnection of the state power systems of Victoria – South Australia in1991 and New South Wales – Queensland in 2001. In 1993 the Power System Dynamics Group was formed at the University of Adelaide; the Group continued development of facilities in the production-grade software for modeling and analyzing the small-signal dynamics. The Group, was and is responsible for the software development and supporting its use by power engineers in the industry. The software is employed by the Group for both research and consulting purposes as well as by a number of power and consulting companies in Australia and internationally. For his contributions to the R & D of automatic controls for stabilizing generators and the electric power systems to which they are connected, Dr. Gibbard was elected a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers (New York) in 2003. In 2015, with co-authors David Vowles and Pouyan Pourbeik, a free eBook ‘Small-signal stability, control and dynamic performance of power systems’ was published by Adelaide University Press. http:// www.adelaide.edu.au/press/titles/small-signal/ . It has attracted more than 36,000 downloads.
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IEEE Power & Energy Society Ramakumar Family Renewable Energy Excellence Award
This award, established in 2011, recognizes outstanding contributions in the field of developing, utilizing and integrating renewable energy resources, particularly those that have minimal carbon footprints, in the national and global energy scenarios. Feeding the electrical energy generated from innovative conversion technologies into conventional utility grids and operating the combined system satisfactorily, plus the effective use of locally available renewable energy resources in remote and rural areas to improve the human living environment are major components in this mix. The need to stimulate and encourage activity towards these goals is the primary objective of this award. Recipients must be members of IEEE and PES with clearly identifia- ble and valuable contributions in the field of renewable energy. This award consists of a plaque and honorarium of $1,000 USD and was made possible due to a donation from the Ramakumar Family.
Current Committee Members: Past Recipients: Based on available information Ward T. Jewell (Chair) 2012 Ned Mohan Vladimir Miranda 2013 Vladimir Miranda Ziyad Salameh 2014 J. Charles Smith Charlie Smith 2015 Ziyad M. Salameh E. Muljadi 2016 M. Hashem Nehrir Rama Ramakumar 2017 Thomas S. Key K. Strunz 2018 Nicholas W. Miller Hashem Nehrir 2019 Mohammad Shahidehpour Nicholas Miller Mohammad Shahidehpour
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IEEE Power & Energy Society Ramakumar Family Renewable Energy Excellence Award
BENJAMIN KROPOSKI 2020 Recipient For leadership in large-scale integration of renewable energy systems into power distribution systems and microgrids
BENJAMIN KROPOSKI is the Director of the Power Systems Engi- neering Center at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) where he leads NREL’s strategic research in the design, planning and operations of electrical power systems with a focus on integration of new technologies especially renewable energy systems. He has over 30 years of experience in the design, testing, and integration of renewable and distributed power systems and has more than 140 publications in these areas. Over his career he has contributed to the development of renewable technologies and focused on how to integrate high levels of wind and solar into electric power grids. Early in his career he focused on developing qualification procedures to extend the lifetimes of pho- tovoltaic modules in the field. Then, as part of the development of interconnection standards, he focused on developing the requirements for interconnecting distributed resources into distribution systems and served on the working group of IEEE 1547 - IEEE Standard for Interconnecting Distributed Resources with Electric Power Systems. He also chaired IEEE 1547.4 - Guide for Design and Operations of Inten- tional Electrical Islands with Distributed Energy Resources, the first international standard on microgrid design and operations. As an IEEE Fellow, Dr. Kroposki was recognized for his leadership in renewable and distributed energy systems integration. Lately, he has been working on solving the technical challenges of operating large power grids with 100% renewable energy. Dr. Kroposki has also served as Guest Editor -in-Chief of IEEE Power and Energy Magazine, Guest Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Sustain- able Energy, Guest Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Smart Grids. He was a founding Editor of IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics and currently serves on the Editorial Board of IEEE Power and Energy Magazine.
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IEEE PES Roy Billinton Power System Reliability Award
This award was created in honor of Roy Billinton, Professor Emeritus at University of Saskatchewan, Canada. Dr. Billinton is an IEEE Life Fellow, Foreign Associate of U.S. National Academy of Engineering, Fellow of Royal Society of Canada, and Fellow of Canadian Academy of Engineering. He has published over 850 papers and 8 books, has given tutorials, presentations and seminars in over thirty countries, delivered over one hundred short courses on system reliability, and served on IEEE PES committees and other industry committees. He supervised more than 120 Ph.D. and Master Degree candidates who are spread throughout the United States, Canada and other countries. Areas covered by the award include modeling, analysis and data devel- opment to quantify power system reliability, and, assessments to plan and operate reliable electric utility generation, transmission, distribu- tion systems or interconnected power system grids. The recipient of the IEEE PES Roy Billinton Power System Reliability Award receives a plaque and an honorarium of $3,000 USD. The award has been made possible due to his past students, other associates of Dr. Roy Billinton and selected organizations.
Current Committee Members: Past Recipients: Based on available information Complete listing is available on website Wenyuan Li (Chair) 2011 Wenyuan Li A. M. Leite da Silva 2012 Armando M. Leite da Silva R. Allan 2013 Ronald N. Allen C. Grigg 2014 Mark G. Lauby M. Lauby 2015 Murty P. Bhavaraju 2016 Robert James Ringlee 2017 Alton DeWitt (Dee) Patton 2018 George J. Anders 2019 Joydeep Mitra
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IEEE PES Roy Billinton Power System Reliability Award
MILORAD PAPIC 2020 Recipient For contributions to the development, practical applications and leadership in power system reliability analysis
MILORAD PAPIC (Life Fellow IEEE) is presently an independ- ent consultant. He worked for Idaho Power in the System Plan- ning department until April 2020. He received his M.Sc. degree from Zagreb University and D.Sc. degree from Sarajevo Univer- sity. Prior to his arrival at Idaho Power in 1996, Dr. Papic held an Associate Professor position at Sarajevo University. He is also an adjunct professor of electrical engineering at University of Idaho. His areas of interests include power system planning, reliability modeling and evaluation of power systems, risk assessment, cas- cading and resilience in electric power systems. He published more than 100 technical papers in Refereed Journals and Confer- ence Proceedings in above areas. Milorad has been a speaker, in- vited presenter, and a panelist at many IEEE PES conferences and panels presenting diverse topics on reliability and cascading in power systems. He is presently a chair of the IEEE Working Group on Probability Applications for Common Mode and dependent Events (PACME) in Electric Power Systems and Co-chair of IEEE Composite Power System Reliability Task Force. Dr. Papic is also a representative member from CIGRE US National Committee in CIGRE Work- ing Group C4.47 on Power Grid Resilience and a past Chair of IEEE Risk, Reliability and Probability Ap- plications (RRPA) Subcommittee. He has been a leader within North American Electric Reliability Corpo- ration (NERC) and Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) industry groups to analyze trans- mission outage data to determine trends and support the application of probabilistic methods to transmis- sion planning and prevent cascading in bulk power systems. He was a General Chair of the International Conference on Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power Systems (PMAPS) successfully organized in Boise, Idaho in 2018.
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IEEE PES Uno Lamm High Voltage Direct Current Award
The IEEE PES Uno Lamm High Voltage Direct Current Award was established in 1980 by the recommendation of the DC Transmission Subcommittee. It provides a means for special recognition of those outstanding engineers and scientists who have contributed to the ad- vancement of high voltage direct current (HVDC) technology. The award is named for the man most responsible for the research and development that led to the first practical application of an HVDC connection between AC systems. The keys to the solution of this problem were the development of an electric valve which could be used in high capacity, high voltage converters, and a fundamental system technology. This outstanding engineer and scientist was Dr. Uno Lamm, an IEEE Fellow and the 1965 recipient of the Benjamin Lamme Medal. Dr. Lamm graduated from the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, in 1927 and acquired his Doc- torate of Technology in 1943. He joined ASEA in 1928 with the task of developing mercury arc rectifiers as an early assignment. During his career with ASEA, he received progressively more responsible appoint- ments: head of the Rectifier Department; head of ASEA’s Nuclear Department; Electrotechnical Director; and Consultant to the President of ASEA. Dr. Lamm died in 1989 at the age of 85. The IEEE PES Uno Lamm HVDC Award consists of a bronze medal, a plaque and honorarium of $1,000 USD. This award was made possible due to donations by IEEE Power & Energy Society, Hydro-Quebec, ABB Power Systems and General Electric.
Current Committee Members: Past Recipients: Based on available information Complete listing is available on website Abhay Kumar (Chair) 2010 Mohamad M. Rashwan Marcus Haeusler 2012 Bjarne R. Andersen Vajira Pathirana 2014 Jose Antonio Jardini Rao Hong 2015 Rainer Marquardt 2017 Zehong Liu 2018 Hong Rao 2019 Abhay Kumar (Jain)
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IEEE PES Uno Lamm High Voltage Direct Current Award
HARTMUT HUANG 2020 Recipient For contribution and leadership in the development of Ultra High-Voltage Direct Current technology and multi-level converters for High-Voltage Direct Current VSC applications
HARTMUT HUANG is a HVDC expert and currently working in an executive position in HVDC and Power Electronics business with Siemens in Germany. He has taken key technical positions for sev- eral HVDC projects and has been deeply involved in many innova- tions in the area of HVDC and FACTS applications over last dec- ades. Dr. Huang received the Dipl.-Ing. and the PhD degree in electrical engineering from the Technical University of Braunschweig, Ger- many, in 1986 and 1992 respectively. He joined Siemens HVDC business in 1992 as a System Engineer for basic design and system studies. Later he became the manager of system engineering department within Siemens HVDC business and contributed to the success of a series of HVDC projects worldwide. Dr. Huang was one of first pioneers working on development of UHVDC technology at 800 kV DC and contributed to the design guidelines for UHVDC equipment in the Cigre Working Group B4- 45. Since 2008 Dr. Huang is head of Technology and Innovation within Siemens business unit Transmission Solutions. During this time period he has put his focus on the development and commercialization of modular multilevel converter (MMC) for HVDC and STATCOM applications. In 2010 he and his team have accomplished the world first VSC-HVDC scheme based on MMC technology. Since then he has been actively promoting and applying the MMC technologies for HVDC and FACTS applications. He was a member in Cigre WG B4-48 and contributed to the first guidelines for design and testing of MMC based VSC HVDC system. Dr. Huang is an IEEE Senior Member and an individual member of Cigre. He served as a Regular Mem- ber in Cigre Study Committee B4 “HVDC and Power Electronics” from 2004 to 2010. He has authored or coauthored more than 20 technical papers in the area of HVDC technology.
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IEEE PES Wanda Reder Pioneer in Power Award
The IEEE PES Women in Power Committee was created to foster a more diverse leadership by supporting career advance- ment, networking and education of women in the electric power and energy industry. One important way this mission is support- ed, is through the formal recognition of a worthy female mem- ber of this community. The IEEE PES Wanda Reder Pioneer in Power Award seeks to recognize a deserving female in the field of power engineering. The Award is intended to provide visibility to the awardee’s ef- forts, accomplishments and future potential while empowering her to be an inspiration and role model for other women in the industry. The award is in honor of the first female president of IEEE PES, Ms. Wanda Reder. In addition to recognizing the recipient, the Award brings atten- tion to the value of fostering a diverse talent pool. It further em- powers the recipient to have a greater influence on the growth and development of others in the industry. The recipient of this award must be female and at least senior members of the IEEE PES with tan- gible and visible achievements in one or more of the following:
- Innovation and technology development; - Entrepreneurship and innovative business models; - Education and mentorship; - Related achievements.
The awardee will receive a plaque and honorarium of $1,500 USD. This award was made possible by a donation from S&C Electric.
Current Committee Members: Past Recipients: Based on available information Guadalupe Gonzalez (Chair) 2014 Jessica J. Bian M. Michelle Blaise 2015 Sandra Cecilia Vega Gomez Darcy Immerman 2016 Jennifer T. Sterling Jackie Peer 2017 Meliha B. Selak Sarah Ronnberg 2018 Bhuvaneswari Gurumoorthy and Marina Mondello 2019 Ruomei Li
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IEEE PES Wanda Reder Pioneer in Power Award
YILU LIU 2020 Recipient
For innovative contributions and leadership in synchrophasor-based Wide Area Monitoring and Control Systems
YILU LIU is a Governor’s Chair Professor at the Univer- sity of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK) and Oak Ridge Na- tional Laboratory and the Deputy Director of the $40M NSF/DOE Engineering Research Center at UTK. Liu’s research focuses on smart-grid technologies in electrical power production and distribution, developing new and better ways to monitor and understand the flow of elec- trical energy through the nation’s power grid. Dr. Liu has led the effort to create the North American Power Grid Monitoring Network (FNET/GridEye), the only moni- toring network that covers all of North America. She re- ceived the 2014 and 2018 R&D 100 Award, and she was an NSF Presidential Faculty Fellow and a recipient of the NSF Young Investigator Award. She has published 300 articles, one book, and several book chapters. She is an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engi- neers Fellow for her contributions in power equipment modeling. In recognition of her many ac- complishments, in 2016 Dr. Liu was elected to the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Inventors for her innovations in electric power grid monitoring, situational awareness, and dynamic modeling.
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IEEE PES Prize Paper Award
Each year, each Technical Committee of the Technical Council is entitled and encouraged to award the author(s) of an outstanding technical paper with the IEEE PES Technical Committee Prize Paper Award. Each committee is also encouraged to nominate a paper from their committee for the Society-level IEEE PES Prize Paper Award; most committees choose to select the same paper. One (or two) paper(s) is cho- sen from all the committee nominations for the Society-level IEEE PES Prize Paper Award. The IEEE PES Prize Paper Award consists of a plaque for each author and $200 USD for a single author; $100 USD each for two (2) or more authors. This award is funded by the PES Award Endowment Fund.
“Design of a New Primary Frequency Control Market for Hosting Frequency Response Reserve Offers From Both Generators and Loads”
IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, Vol. 9, No. 5, pp. 4883-4892, September 2018
Authors: Weifeng Li, Pengwei Du and Ning Lu
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IEEE PES Prize Paper Award
WEIFENG LI received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering from North China Electric Power University, Beijing, China, in 2012, and the M.S and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA, in 2015 and 2018 respectively. He is currently an operations engineer with the operations analysis group of Elec- tric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT). He is heavily involved in various an- cillary service studies and inertia related subjects at ERCOT. His work in develop- ing an inertia-based ancillary service requirement framework has been implement- ed in ERCOT’s ancillary service procurement process since 2015. He was also a receipt of the Electric Power Research Institute’s Technology Transfer Award in 2017.
NING LU is currently a Professor at the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of North Carolina State University. Dr. Lu has over 25 years of ex- perience in electric power engineering. She received bachelor's degree from Har- bin Institute of Technology in 1993 and Ph.D. degree from Rensselaer Polytech- nic Institute in 2002. From1993 to1998, she was a power system design engineer with Shenyang Electric Power Bureau. From 2003 to 2012, Dr. Ning Lu was a senior research engineer with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Dr. Lu's research interests include modeling and analysis of power system load behaviors, energy management systems development, demand response program modeling and control, renewable integration, and microgrid modeling and control. Dr. Lu has authored or co-authored more than 100 publications, including journal arti- cles, conference proceedings, and technical reports.
PENGWEI DU received Ph.D. degree in electric power engineering from Rensse- laer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York. Currently, Dr. Du is with the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT). Prior to this, he was a senior research en- gineer with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) of the Department of Energy (DOE). Dr. Du is the recipient of IEEE PES Power System Dynamic Performance Committee Best Paper Prize in 2016 and a subject editor of IET Generation Transmission & Distribution and an editor of IEEE Transactions on Power Systems. He has been the chair of IEEE PES Bulk Power System Planning Subcommittee since 2019.
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IEEE PES Prize Paper Award
Each year, each Technical Committee of the Technical Council is entitled and encouraged to award the author(s) of an outstanding technical paper with the IEEE PES Technical Committee Prize Paper Award. Each committee is also encouraged to nominate a paper from their committee for the Society-level IEEE PES Prize Paper Award; most committees choose to select the same paper. One (or two) paper(s) is cho- sen from all the committee nominations for the Society-level IEEE PES Prize Paper Award. The IEEE PES Prize Paper Award consists of a plaque for each author and $200 USD for a single au- thor; $100 USD each for two (2) or more authors. This award is funded by the PES Award Endowment Fund.
“Harmonic Stability in Power Electronic-Based Power Systems: Concept, Modeling and Analysis”
IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, Vol. 10, No. 3, pp. 2858-2870, May 2019
Authors: Xiongfei Wang and Frede Blaabjerg
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IEEE PES Prize Paper Award
XIONGFEI WANG received the Ph.D. degree in Energy Technology from Aalborg University, Denmark, in 2013, where he became a Full Professor and Research Program Leader for Electronic Power Grid (eGrid) in 2018. He is also a part-time Visiting Professor of Power Electronics Systems with KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden. His current research interests include modeling and control of grid-interactive power converters, stability and power quality of power- electronic-based power systems, harmonic analysis and mitigation. He was selected into Aalborg University Talent Management Program in 2016. He has received 7 IEEE Prize Paper Awards, the 2018 IEEE PELS Richard M. Bass Outstanding Young Power Electronics Engineer Award, the 2019 IEEE PELS Sustainable Energy Systems Technical Achievement Award, and the 2019 Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate Analytics. He serves as a Member at Large for AdCom of IEEE Power Electronics Society in 2020-2022, and as an Associate Editor for three IEEE TRANSACTIONS.
FREDE BLAABJERG was with ABB-Scandia, Randers, Denmark, from 1987 to 1988. He got the PhD degree in Electrical Engineering at Aalborg University, Den- mark in 1995. He became a Full Professor of power electronics and drives in 1998 at the same place. He is honoris causa at University Politehnica Timisoara, Romania and Tallinn Technical University in Estonia. His current interests include power electronics and applications like wind turbines, PV systems, reliability, harmonics and adjustable speed drives. He has published more than 600 journal papers in the fields of power electronics. He has received 33 IEEE Prize Paper Awards, the IEEE William E. Newell Power Electronics Award 2014, the Global Energy Prize in 2019 and the 2020 IEEE Edi- son Medal. In 2019-2020 he serves as President of IEEE Power Electronics Socie- ty. He is nominated in 2014-2019 by Thomson Reuters to be between the most 250 cited researchers in Engineering in the world.
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IEEE PES Working Group Recognition Award Outstanding Standard or Guide
Each year, each Technical Committee of the Technical Council is entitled and encouraged to award the author(s) of an outstanding technical paper with the IEEE PES Technical Committee Prize Paper Award. Each committee is also encouraged to nominate a paper from their committee for the Society-level IEEE PES Prize Paper Award; most committees choose to select the same paper. One (or two) paper(s) is cho- sen from all the committee nominations for the Society-level IEEE PES Prize Paper Award. The IEEE PES Prize Paper Award consists of a plaque for each author and $200 USD for a single author; $100 USD each for two (2) or more authors. This award is funded by the PES Award Endowment Fund.
IEEE C37.246, Guide for Protection Systems of Transmission-to-Generation Interconnections
Chair: Alla Deronja Vice Chair: Keith Houser
Working Group Members: Abu Bapary, Jeffrey Barsch, Randall Cunico, Will English, Dominick Fontana, Dale Fredrickson, Nathan Gulczynski, Mike Jensen, Gerald Johnson, Yuan Liao, Heather Malson, Rene Midence, Dean Miller, John Miller, Adi Mulawarman, Mukesh Nagpal, James O’Brian, Mahendra Patel, Manish Patel, Neftaly Torres, Ian Tualla, Joe Uchiyama, Joe Uchiyama, Joseph Valenzuela, Solveig Ward, Richard Young
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IEEE PES Working Group Recognition Award Outstanding Standard or Guide
ALLA DERONJA received her B.S. from Dniepropetrovsk Mining Institute (presently, Dnipro University of Technology), Dnipro, Ukraine in 1991 and M.S. from University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 2000, both in Electrical Power Engineering. She joined American Transmission Company in 2001 as a System Protec- tion Engineer and has been in this capacity ever since. She is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Wisconsin and a member of IEEE PES and Power System Relaying and Control Committee ac- tively contributing to the development of power system protection industry standards, reports, and other technical papers.
KEITH HOUSER, Consulting Engineer, Dominion Energy System Protec- tion Engineering -Distribution. He joined Dominion Energy in 1986 in the Distribution Engineering and Planning Department. After holding var- ious positions in the Distribution Organization, he joined the System Pro- tection Engineering group in 2006. Early assignments focused on Arc Flash analysis and the Interconnection of Distributed Generation. He soon began participation in the Power System Relaying and Control Com- mittee (PSRC). While participating as a member of the C18 (C37.246) Working Group [WG], the Vice-Chair stepped down because of over- whelming work/business and PSRC commitments. He volunteered to step up to fill the role of Vice-Chair and was accepted into that roll shortly thereafter. Keith knows he was blessed to have a strong Chair to learn from and very knowledgeable, committed WG members whose enthusiasm helped drive the development of the C37.246 “Guide for Protection Systems of Transmission- to-Generation Interconnections” to its ultimate end.
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IEEE PES Working Group Recognition Award Outstanding Technical Report
Each year, each Technical Committee of the Technical Council is entitled and encouraged to award one working group with the IEEE PES Technical Committee Working Group Recognition Award. Each committee is also encouraged to nominate their working groups for one of the Society-level Working Group Awards, IEEE PES Working Group Recognition Awards Outstanding Standard or Guide or Technical Report. Two working groups are chosen out of all the nominations for these Society-level Awards and are recognized at the IEEE PES General Meeting. The officers are given a plaque and mount- ed certificates for the members. This award is funded by the PES Award Endowment Fund.
PES-TR66, Microgrid Stability Definitions, Analysis and Modeling
Chair: Claudio A. Cañizares Co-Chair: Jim Reilly Secretary: Rodrigo Palma Behnke
Working Group Members: Mastafa Farrokhabadi, John W. Simpson-Porco, Ehsan Nasr-Azadani, Lingling Fan, Patricio A Mendoza, Reinaldo Tonkoski, Ujjwol Tamrakar, Nikos Hatziargyriou, Dimitris Lagos, Richard W. Wies, Mario Paolone, Marco Liserre, Lasantha Meegahapola, Mahmoud Kabalan, mir H. Hajimiragha, Dario Peralta, Marcelo Elizondo, Kevin P. Schneider, and Frank Tuffner.
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IEEE PES Working Group Recognition Award Outstanding Technical Report
CLAUDIO A. CAÑIZARES is a University Professor and Hydro One Endowed Chair at the ECE Department of the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, where he has held multiple academic and administrative positions since 1993. He has an Electrical Engineer degree (1984) from the Escuela Politécnica Nacional in Quito-Ecuador, and MSc (1988) and PhD (1991) EE degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His highly cited research focuses on stability, control, op- timization, modeling, simulation, and computational issues in bulk power systems, microgrids, and energy systems in the context of markets and smart grids. He is the IEEE Trans. Smart Grid EIC; a Fellow of the IEEE, the Royal Society of Canada, and the Canadian Academy of Engineering; and is the recipient of the 2017 IEEE-PES OPEE Award, the 2016 IEEE Canada Electric Power Medal, and of IEEE-PES technical awards and recogni- tions, as leader and contributor of Committees, Working Groups, and Task Forces.
JAMES T. REILLY is a consultant in the electric power industry in the U.S. and in- ternationally. His clients include the U.S. Department of Energy, national laborato- ries, NIST and NEDO. He is the secretary of the working groups for IEEE 2030.7™ Standard for the Specification of Microgrid Controllers and IEEE p2030.11 Dis- tributed Energy Resources Management Systems (DERMS) Functional Specification and CI- GRE C2.40 TSO-DSO Co-Operation – Control Centre Tools Requirements. He is the au- thor of numerous articles and research studies, among them ”Microgrid Stability Definitions, Analysis and Modeling” (IEEE PES-TR66) 2018, “Overview of Mi- crogrid Controller Initiatives by the DOE” (co-author) for the IEEE Power & En- ergy July/August 2017 and “Integration and Aggregation of Distributed Energy Resources – Operating Approaches, Standards and Guidelines”, Paper No. 1417, CIRED Madrid 2019. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE Power Engineering Society and holds degrees from Georgetown University and Columbia Uni- versity.
RODRIGO PALMA BEHNKE (M'94, SM'04) He received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. on Electrical Engineering from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and a Dr.- Ing. from the University of Dortmund, Germany. He is full professor at the Elec- trical Engineering Department at the University of Chile. His research field is the planning and operation of electrical systems in competitive power markets, renew- able energy, solar energy solutions, smartgrids, power system education, and the development of microgrids solutions. He is Director of the Energy Center, FCFM, University of Chile (www.centroenergia.cl), and PI at the Solar Energy Research Center SERC-Chile (www.sercchile.cl). He is Chairman of the IEEE Chile Section, 2019-2020 and also in 2011-2012, 2007-2008, 2003-2004. Secretary in the IEEE Task Force on Microgrid Stability Analysis and Modeling. Co-founder of the initiative: Comunidad Solar R9 (solar community) of the IEEE (www.comunidadsolar.cl) and Director of the Ayllu Solar Project (www.ayllusolar.cl).
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IEEE PES Outstanding Chapter Award Small & Large Chapter Categories
This award was created to recognize a PES Chapter for achieving excellence in providing the best set of overall programs and activities for its Members. Each year the IEEE Power & Energy Society Outstand- ing Chapter Award is given to the chapters that are judged to provide the greatest overall contribution and service to its members in the following categories: 1. Technical Activities 2. Societal Activities 3. Membership Advancement, Fellow Nominations and Awards 4. Enlistment of New PES Members The award consists of a custom-prepared IEEE PES Outstanding Chapter Award banner complete with the name of the winning chapter. This banner is useful and suitable for display at any chapter meeting, as well as at any local membership drive. In addition, the winning chapter officers are presented with hand- somely prepared plaques in recognition of their outstanding leadership. The OCA is split into two separate but equal competitions so that similar-sized chapters will compete only against each other: 1. Outstanding Large Chapter Award (>100 members) 2. Outstanding Small Chapter Award (<100 members) All competition rules for the OCA are identical. Thus, both the winning large chapter and the winning small chapter will receive their own individual OCA banner and plaques. In recognition of all the hard work put forth by all chapters, large or small, winners or runners-up, will be given each year: 1. Winning Chapter = $1,000 USD each 2. Runner-Up Chapter = $250 USD each
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IEEE PES Outstanding Chapter Award Small Chapter Category
THAILAND CHAPTER
SOMPONG PREEPREM, CHAIR
The Thailand Chapter is recognized as the recipient of the 2019 Outstanding Small Chapter Award for its outstanding performance for the accomplishments completed in 2019. The achievements are recognized under the leadership of Chapter Chair, Sompong Preeprem, and the Chapter Executive Committee (ExCom). The executive summary from the chapter’s OCA submittal is below, with details on the chap- ter’s activities. 2019 is the Year of New Shape after Thailand Chapter has executed through 3-years period during 2016- 2018 for transformation (2016: Step Change, 2017: Pre-Sustainability and 2018: Sustainability). Thailand Chapter has been working based on the principle of 3 pillars of success; i.e. volunteer mindset, teamwork and cooperation. Working group structure has been implemented in order to efficiently organize and fol- low up the activities. These have also resulted in total 32 activities in 2019: 6 technical seminars and con- ferences (incl. joint seminars with other organizations), 15 technical tutorial sessions, 1 grand event – IEEE PES GTD Asia 2019, 1 social event – 2019 Dinner Talk, 8 chapter regular meetings as well as Re- gion-10 chapter chair meeting. In addition, Thailand Chapter also has maintained the level of number of members in 2019 comparing to the previous year. One major event in 2019 for the Chapter is IEEE PES GTD Grand International Conference and Expo- sition Asia 2019 which was held during March 19-23 in Bangkok. It is a very successful event with more than 11,000 participants, 274 exhibition booths from 25 countries and with more than 300 authors/ speakers from various countries. Total 21 technical activities were organized in the format of technical tutorials (15), seminars (2) and con- ference/symposium (4) with the well-known and focused topics in the country; e.g. renewable energy – solar rooftop and solar floating, high voltage equipment, underground cable, microgrids, asset manage- ment, disruptive technology, energy storage, smart city & data center and electric grounding. Thailand Chapter organized the activities in different schemes; i.e. as a host, a joint-host or a technical co-sponsor. Among those activities, there was a joint symposium with IEEJ P&ES on the topics related to power sys- tems.
RUNNER-UP IN THIS CATEGORY:
JORDAN (R8)
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IEEE PES Outstanding Chapter Award Large Chapter Category
BANGALORE CHAPTER
KASI VISWANADHA RAJU, CHAIR
The Bangalore Chapter is recognized as the co-recipient of the 2019 Outstanding Large Chapter Award for its outstanding performance for the accomplishments completed in 2019. The achievements are recog- nized under the leadership of Chapter Chair, Dr. Kasi Viswanadha Raju, and the Chapter Executive Com- mittee (ExCom). The executive summary from the chapter’s OCA submittal is below, with details on the chapter’s activities.
IEEE PES Bangalore chapter once again had another important and action-packed year 2019. The activities from Jan 2019 to Dec 2019 are reported in this document. Highlights of PES Bangalore chapter for the year 2019 are, All India PES Student Congress, Women in Power Engineering, Young Researchers meet, Industry-Academia Conclave and inaugurated two Student Branches during 2019.
Summary of the events and recognitions:
All India PES Student, Young professional, Women, Congress (AIPESSYWC 2019) Women in Power Engineering (WIPE) Young Researchers Meet (YRM) Industry-Academia Conclave OCA runner up in 2018, HPCP award for 2018 11 EXECOM meetings Two Student branches started, total Bangalore Chapter PES student branches: 21 Eight Technical talks Technical Conference in collaboration with the smarter E India/Inter-solar India 2019 PES day celebrations PES student branch advisor's meet Social and Educational Activity - Awareness Program on Electricity and Educational activity on Solar & Wind Power Participated in R10 chapter chairs meeting Organization of IEEE PES India Chapters Council meeting 200+ Professional Members and 700+ Student Members as on Dec 31, 2019
RUNNER-UP IN THIS CATEGORY: Malaysia (R10)
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IEEE PES Outstanding Chapter Award Large Chapter Category
NORTH JERSEY CHAPTER
RONALD W. QUADE, CHAIR
The North Jersey Chapter is recognized as the co-recipient of the 2019 Outstanding Large Chapter Award for its outstanding performance for the accomplishments completed in 2019. The achievements are recog- nized under the leadership of Chapter Chair, Ronald W. Quade, and the Chapter Executive Committee (ExCom). The executive summary from the chapter’s OCA submittal is below, with details on the chapter’s activities.
Our goal is “Creating value for our members during their IEEE journey from Engineering Student to Life Member” and to provide services to local society, chapter, and section members through: Actively supporting student chapters not only in their project but inviting them to both technical and executive meetings at no-cost. Engaging in and running symposiums and conferences. Bring information and knowledge to the engineering community and offering Continuing Educational Units so that they may remain current and allow for license renewal. Being a place for Networking, interaction, technology, innovation, and discussion. Provide a basis for Leadership Training and development. We hold annual elections and encourage members to participate. Represent and integrate Society member’s interest and goals, we select seminar topics based on the in- terest of our membership. Since chapters are where everything happens, we insure that the activities are relevant. We provide a lunch at all our seminars to allow members to spend their time wisely. We promote membership advancement, Fellow nominations, IEEE, and PES awards. We have never missed giving the PES Outstanding Engineer’s Award. This year our Chair, Ronald W. Quade, P. E., won the Region 1 Award and our Vice-Chair, Kenneth Oexle, won. the IEEE MGA Sustained Leadership Award. Last year our Secretary, Michael A. Miller, received the Region 1 Award. We actively support STEM initiatives.
Based on these objectives we have dedicated the chapter to insure we meet our goals.
RUNNER-UP IN THIS CATEGORY: Malaysia (R10)
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PES Members in the Class of 2020 IEEE Fellows
José M. Arroyo Luiz Augusto Mohamed Benbouzid Sukumar Brahma Nobrega Barroso
Mark Carpenter Venkata Dinavahi Sonja Glavaski John W. Harley
Jan Izkowski Yunwei Li Gerard Ledwich
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PES Members in the Class of 2020 IEEE Fellows
Jim McDowall Hamed Mohsenian-Rad Pierre Pinson Wei Qiao
Hong Rao G. Kenneth Ridley Kevin Schneider Dipti Srinivasan
Yi Zhang Xiao-Ping Zhang Jinghan He
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IEEE Power & Energy Society Outstanding Student Scholarship
The IEEE Power & Energy Society is proud to announce the selection of the recipients of the 2020 IEEE PES Outstanding Student Scholarship.
Bárbara Blanco, from Region 9 and the Universidad de Chile, who is pursuing a Master's degree in Sci- ence in Electrical Engineering Megan Culler, from Region 4 and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, who is pursuing Master's degree in Science in Electrical Engineering Usman Munawar, from Region 7 and the University of Regina, who is pursuing a Master's degree in Applied Science Dimitrios Zarras, from Region 8 and the National Technical University of Athens, who is pursuing a Master's degree in Electric Power Yicheng Zhu, from Region 10 and the Tsinghua University, who is pursuing a Master's degree in Elec- trical Engineering
This scholarship recognizes PES Student Members from around the world who have chosen an academic path leading to an electric power and energy engineering career. Recipients were chosen based on their aca- demic achievements, contributions to meeting community and humanitarian needs, and leadership in ad- vancing student engagement within PES. All recipients will receive US$10,000 and complimentary housing and conference registration at a corresponding PES Regional Conference. "We are very pleased to recognize these students as the inaugural recipients. These students represent the very best of the 10,000+ PES student members," announced Edvina Uzunovic, IEEE PES Vice President - Education. "They have taken leadership roles within the IEEE PES Student Branch Chapters, been ac- tive in supporting humanitarian projects, have maintained the highest academic achievement and have a strong desire to improve the Power & Energy industry." These scholarships are supported by the IEEE Power & Energy Society Outstanding Student Scholarship Fund of the IEEE Foundation. More information on this scholarship can be found at IEEE PES Out- standing Student Scholarship.
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IEEE Power & Energy Society Outstanding Student Scholarship
BÁRBARA BLANCO is studying for a Master’s in Electrical Engineering at the Univer- sity of Chile. She is the President of the IEEE Student Branch of the University of Chile. She is characterized by her leadership and keen interest in spreading clean ener- gy. In IEEE UChile she have performed different tasks, such as the organization of conferences, workshops, and talks, both for students and vulnerable communities. Her professional interests are to vinculate the engineer-related endeavors with society and the environment, specifically driving proposals to increase the penetration of clean energies, taking care to preserve the natural environment. She also has an interest in the dissemina- tion of technical knowledge on solar energy. Currently, her work consists in the planning of energy genera- tion and transmission in Latin America.
MEGAN CULLER is a M.S. student in electrical engineering at the University of Illi- nois at Urbana-Champaign specializing in cybersecurity for power systems. She has pursued dual interests in power and cybersecurity since her junior year of undergrad at Texas A&M. There, she completed an undergraduate research thesis, led a team to win an Army sponsored drone cybersecurity contest, and served as an officer of the student branch of IEEE for three years. Megan is now pursuing a Master’s degree with research concentrated on security for the industrial control systems that govern bulk power systems and distributed energy resources. She continues her work with IEEE through the stu- dent branch of IEEE PES and will serve as the co-director for the PECI 2021 conference. Megan has sup- plemented her academic education with internships at Sandia National Laboratories, ExxonMobil, and Ida- ho National Laboratory, which have helped prepare her for a career securing critical infrastructure. She is a two time PES Scholarship Plus award recipient (2017 & 2018).
USMAN MUNAWAR has expressed a great capability in study and research during graduate engineering program at University of Regina, Canada with high GPA (94%/4) and 12 journal/conference publications. Furthermore, he actively engaged in industry outreach for example 1) worked with Nexon Solar (summer) 2) contributed to Hatch Power Technology Day Symposium and 3) did RTDS Training (Manitoba, Canada). In addition, he exhibited great leadership and communications skills in pro- moting humanitarian needs and advancing student engagement within PES for in- stance formation of PES/IAS Student/Technical Chapters and involvement in IEEE Smart Village Pro- ject (Nepal), IEEE IAS CMD Humanitarian Contest Subcommittee (chair), 8 International Talks and etc. His commitment and devotion to serve in different IEEE communities including IEEE South Sask., IEEE PES, IEEE IAS and IEEE Canada R7 is proved with his effective initiatives such as IEEE APES, IEEE ICECE Conference and Workshops etc. In short, His balance contributions in study, research, lead- ership, student and humanitarian activities made him a suitable candidate for IEEE PES Outstanding Stu- dent Scholarship Award.`
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IEEE Power & Energy Society Outstanding Student Scholarship
DIMITRIOS C. ZARRAS is a senior graduating Electrical and Computer Engineering student (M.Eng.) at the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece. Mr. Zarras has chosen the specialization of Energy and constitutes the highest per- forming student of his year class in this field, with a current overall GPA of 92.5%. His expected overall GPA upon graduation is 94.5%, after the successful presenta- tion of his master thesis concerning the simulation and financial analysis of H2 and battery storage technologies for the contribution in microgrid frequency. He has been an IEEE PES Student Member and Volunteer to the local chapter since January 2019, contributing remarkably in promoting NTUA students’ engagement with PES. He has worked as an Electrical Engi- neering Intern for a total of 6 months in the Power & Energy sector and he has been a Columnist in the Greek environmental website Envinow.gr for 2 years, actively participating in conferences.
YICHENG ZHU received the B.Eng. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, in 2017 and 2020, respectively. Advised by Pro- fessor Zhengming Zhao, he performed research on piecewise analytical transient (PAT) modeling of power switching devices, discrete state event-driven (DSED) sim- ulation of power electronics systems, and active gate control (AGC) of SiC MOSFET’s switching transients. As a master student, he coauthored 3 IEEE journal papers and 4 conference papers, and presented the DSED simulation approach in the tutorial and oral session on 2019 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE). Additionally, he served as a volunteer in 2018 IEEE International Future Energy Challenge (IFEC) and the Deputy Secretary of the Student Union in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Tsinghua University to organize community and voluntary activities in which students applied what they learned in classes to confront energy challenges that our society faces.
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The goal of the Initiative is to get more undergraduate students involved in the Power Industry. It pro- vides scholarships, mentoring opportunities and real-world experiences to undergraduate EE students interested in power and energy engineering careers in Canada, India, Italy, Puerto Rico and the United States.
"Thank you for your assistance with finding a job during this unprecedented time. I'm excited to let you know that I've accepted an offer and will be working in an electric generation group. I never expected to have multiple offers to choose from upon graduation, and especially not during a global pandemic. Because of the IEEE PES Scholarship I was able to finish my degree, and also got a hopefully life-long career at a great company." -Abigail, Kettering University (June 2020)
Support from industry is a key component for success of the program. We wish to thank our financial supporters:
Presidential Level - S&C Electric and Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Platinum Level - G&W Electric Diamond Level - Doble Engineering & Anonymous Foundation Donor Gold Level - Burns McDonnell and ShivKrupa Silver Level - American Transmission Corporation, ComEd, Omicron Energy and Southern Company
Program established in 2011 Awarded 1,556 scholarships to 917 individuals attending 202 universities. 500+ PES Scholars have reported earning full-time jobs with 75% working in the power industry.
To make your donation visit https://www.ieeefoundation.org/Donate_PES_Scholarship Or for more information on the Scholarship Plus Initiative visit https://www.ee-scholarship.org/
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We Make a Difference Reliable and Sustainable Energy for Humanity
Dr. Robin Podmore shakes the hand of Ing Tunde Salihu of Shabys Nigeria Limited in front of the first locally produced SunBlazer IV community power station with the assembled Smart Village leadership and delegates at the IEEE PES/IAS PowerAfrica 2019, Abuja Nigeria Photo Credit: IEEE Smart Villiage
Jude Numfor, founder of Renewable Energy In- novators - Cameroon with crew at the commis- sioning of their expanded solar microutility in Sabongari, Cameroon. An IEEE Smart Village funded project. Photo Credit: Renewable Energy Innovators Cameroon
Newly arrived panels being carried by community members to the Torch- bearer Foundation's microutili- ty power plant site in North West Cameroon. Photo Credit: Torchbearer Founda- tion Cameroon
IEEE Smart Village brings transformative power to small village enterprises. The introduction of electricity makes it possible for the neighborhood barber to use electric clippers and keep the busi- ness open after dark. Tremendously increasing customer throughput (compared to hand clipper cutting) and expanded hours of operation. Multi- plying income three-fold. Photo Credit: Torchbearer Foundation Came- roon
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A drone view of the newly expanded so- lar plant powering the community of Sabongari, Cameroon. The microutility funded by IEEE Smart Village provides transformative power to nearby village market stores and homes. Photo Credit: Renewable Energy Inno- vators Cameroon
Lighting Lingshed Monastery - Three years later after the installation of lights in the 900 year old monastery prayer room by an adventurous team of IEEE member volunteers, the LED lights continue to shine brightly! Photo Credit: Sonam Dorje—Lingshed, Ladakh, India
IEEE Smart Village program goes "Beyond the Light Bulb" including tech- nical and vocational training for the oper- ation and maintenance of its funded de- veloper programs. Ernest Bah of Torch- bearer Foundation instructs a class on micro-utility power generation and safety in Africa. Photo Credit: Torchbearer Foundation Cameroon
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Who is eligible to be a Fellow? At the time the nomination is submitted, a nominee must:
Have accomplishments that have contributed importantly to the advancement or application of engineering, science and technology, bringing the realization of significant value to society;
Hold IEEE Senior Member or IEEE Life Senior Member grade;
Have been a member in good standing in any grade for a period of five years or more preceding 1 January of the year of elevation. The process consists of two evaluations:
The IEEE Society/Technical Council that the nominator identified on the nomination form
IEEE Fellow Committee - only this committee reviews the reference letters. Evaluation criteria:
The nominee’s contribution to the field.
The evidence provided that documents this contribution
The impact the contribution has had on the field. For more information reach out to the 2020 PES Fellows Nomination Resource Committee Sakis Meliopoulos, Chair Members Chanan Singh Costas Vournas Murty Yalla Branislav Djokic Chongqing Kang Mani Venkata Have questions, email the FNRC at [email protected]
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